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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment by warrant of salaries of members of the |
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house of representatives and their staffs when a call of the house |
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of representatives has been ordered. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 659.086 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.086. SALARY PAYMENT BY WARRANT WHEN CALL OF HOUSE |
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HAS BEEN ORDERED. Notwithstanding Section 403.016 or 659.084 or |
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any other law, if a call of the house of representatives has been |
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ordered to secure and maintain a quorum, the comptroller may only |
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pay the net state salary of a member of the house of representatives |
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or an employee of a member of the house of representatives by |
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warrant. A warrant described by this section issued to pay a member |
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or the member’s employee may only be delivered to the member: |
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(1) in person after government-issued photo |
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identification has been provided; and |
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(2) in the office of the speaker of the house of |
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representatives. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |